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Here Are the Early Results From the First U.S. CRISPR Trial for Cancer
Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania are the first in the United States to attempt to genetically edit a cancer […]
A Simple Blood Test Might Be Able to Predict Brain Cancer Survival
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most common and deadliest forms of brain cancer in adults. An estimated 14,000 new cases of GBM are […]
The Recent Penn Grad on a Mission to Help LGBTQ Homeless Youth
Each night tens of thousands of LGBT youth across the country sleep on the streets or in shelters, while thousands more teeter on the verge […]
NextUp: The Local Company Discovering Targeted Therapies for Disease
“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]
Temple Students, Let That HBCU Comparison Die
There’s been an ongoing claim among some Black students at Temple University that their campus life mirrors that at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). […]
NextUp: Tmunity Therapeutics Is Pioneering Personalized Cancer Treatments
“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]
A New Cannabis Study Is Launching in Philly — For Your Dog
Cannabidiol (CBD), an active ingredient in cannabis that is derived from the hemp plant, is becoming popular with pet owners. Kimberly Agnello, an associate professor of small […]
Penn Study Finds People Who Send Longer Tweets Are Less Mean
You need only spend about 20 seconds online to realize that, for all of social media’s grand ideals about promoting information and interconnectivity, the reality is that they end up […]
A Penn Genetics Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Race
Three decades ago, a white couple I know was awaiting the birth of a baby they were adopting. Not long after the delivery, the pediatrician […]
Beyonce’s Dad Has Breast Cancer. So Do Thousands of Other Men in America
This week, Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, revealed he’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. Many people were surprised by the news. That’s […]
Fact-Checking All of the Mysteries Surrounding Donald Trump and Penn
It was, it can be said without fear of exaggeration, a day that will live in infamy. When President Donald Trump emerged from his mysterious […]
This Penn Professor Almost Died From a Rare Disease Four Times
David Fajgenbaum was tired all the time. At first, this seemed like a symptom of a lifestyle, not an illness. He was in his first year […]
Of Course Penn Is Complicit in Amy Wax’s Racism. Of Course Penn Should Fire Her.
In 2017, University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax co-wrote a controversial op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer suggesting that America’s social and political problems are […]
Penn Paid Joe Biden $775,000 to Expand Its “Global Outreach” … and Give Some Speeches
When Penn announced in 2017 that former Vice President Joe Biden would be joining its faculty as the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor, students were understandably excited. Imagine […]
Q&A: Cancer Gene Therapy Researcher Bruce Levine on the Future of “Cellicon Valley”
Bruce Levine holds many titles. He serves as the Barbara and Edward Netter professor in cancer gene therapy and founding director of the Clinical Cell […]